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Health Encyclopedia: Infertility In Men Causes

Causes

In a 2001 study, the causes of infertility in men seeking to conceive included:

Vasectomy. In the study, 56% of men were seeking a reversal of this procedure. Thirty years ago, this was a factor in only 5% of men seeking help for fertility.
Varicocele (14%). A network of veins carries blood away from the testicles and back up into the body. If these veins become enlarged, twisted, and swollen (similar to varicose veins in the leg), this condition is termed a varicocele. Varicoceles can impai...

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Medicinal Marijuana: The Myths, the Money, the Munchies

By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

Marijuana has been used as a medical treatment for many centuries. We have been hearing more about... Read more »

Effects of Marijuana helps Tailor new Anxiety Treatments

By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...Neuroscience, using a combination of brain scans and marijuana. Marijuana contains the active... Read more »

Lettuce and Diabetes

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

Can insulin produced in lettuce cure type 1 diabetes some day? Possibly. In mice, it seems to... Read more »

Marijuana Use and Quitting Smoking: Do Risks Outweigh Benefits?

By Carol Southard , Health Expert

...people trying to quit smoking is: “Will smoking marijuana help or hurt as I try to quit... Read more »

“Medical Marijuana” Takes On New Meaning for Metastatic Breast Cancer

By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...cancer, you may have considered the use of “medical marijuana” at some point during your... Read more »

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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Causes

...cancer.Other Contributors. Toxic particles leading to precancerous changes in the lung are also found in marijuana. In one study, 53.8% of cigarette smokers, 66.7% of marijuana smokers, and all of... Read more »

Glaucoma: Medications

...eyes similar to those of epinephrine.Experimental TherapiesCannabinoids. Cannabinoids, compounds in marijuana (cannabis), are being studied for their effects on glaucoma. For example, oral or... Read more »

Multiple Sclerosis: Drug Treatment

...low doses in both drugs and may cause epileptic seizures.Cannabinoids. Cannabinoids are compounds in marijuana (cannabis), which may have properties that protect nerve cells. Cannabis has been... Read more »

Epilepsy: Medications

...fluorofelbamate, safinamide, brivaracetam, and seletracetam.Cannabinoids. Cannabinoids are compounds in marijuana (cannabis) that may have properties that protect nerve cells. In a 2003 report,... Read more »

Bipolar Disorder Prognosis

...to 60% of patients with bipolar disorder abuse other substances (most commonly alcohol, followed by marijuana or cocaine) at some point in the course of their illness.The following are risk... Read more »

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